Project Lead

About the role

As Project Lead, you will plan and deliver cross-functional projects end to end, from mobile app features and payment partner integrations to new-market launches. You will own scope, schedule, cost, risk and quality from initiation to closure, and keep teams and stakeholders aligned throughout.

Reports to: Group PMO
Time Zone: USA (GMT-6) 

What you'll do

Initiation and planning

• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables and success criteria with sponsors.
• Build detailed plans: work breakdown structure, schedule, milestones, resource plan, budget and RACI.
• Identify stakeholders and dependencies, and set up the communication plan.
• Coordinate requirements (BRDs, FSDs) and design sign-off with Product, Business and IT.

Execution

• Lead cross-functional teams across IT, Product, Compliance, Payments, Operations and Finance.
• Run delivery using Agile (Scrum), Waterfall or hybrid methods as each project needs; manage tasks and backlogs in Jira.
• Manage payment partners, banks and vendors to agreed timelines.
• Plan and coordinate UAT, go-live readiness, cutover and hypercare.

Monitoring and control

• Track progress against the baseline plan and take corrective action early.
• Manage scope changes through formal change control.
• Maintain the RAID log (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies) and escalate blockers with options.
• Monitor budget and resource use.
• Make sure regulatory and compliance requirements are built in and signed off before launch.

Reporting and communication

• Publish weekly status reports covering RAG status, milestones, risks and decisions.
• Run steering and team meetings, recording minutes, decisions and actions.

Closure

• Secure formal sign-off and hand over to business-as-usual teams.
• Run lessons-learned sessions and post-implementation reviews against the business case.

What you'll bring

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• 4–6 years of project management experience, including at least 2-3 years leading cross-functional projects end to end.
• A track record of delivering software, digital product or system integration projects.
• Solid grounding in project management methods (PMBOK, Waterfall, Agile/Scrum and hybrid).
• Strong skills in scope, schedule, cost, risk and change management.
• Hands-on use of Jira, Generative AI, MS Project or Planner, and Excel.
• Clear written and spoken English, with confidence presenting to senior leaders.
• Strong stakeholder management, attention to detail and an ownership mindset.

Nice to have

• PMP or PRINCE2 certification.
• Experience in fintech, payments, remittance or banking.
• Delivery of multi-country launches or payment partner API integrations.
• Working knowledge of AML/KYC and regulatory requirements in financial services.
• Reporting with Power BI; an MBA or Master's in Project Management.